Summer for a day! I need to oil my naked bits.

Wow! Summer arrived yesterday, 23c shorts and a short sleeved jersey and glorious sunshine, of course it didn't last and the rain arrived last night and it was only 7c when I got up this morning. This follows on from getting sunburnt on my ride on Tuesday which was not as hot but just as sunny and I was somewhat overdressed and had far too much cloting on.

Sunburn is not something that I have thought too much about, but if you are out for 4-5 hours in the heat of the day when the sun is shining it follows that you should be using some sunscreen on uncovered bits otherwise redness and pain will occur. I now have some waterproof suntan lotion "as supplied to the GB Olympic team" so fully expecting to go faster once it is applied.

Training this week has been up and down, well down and up. On Monday I could hardly turn the pedals, I just felt tired and lethargic. Tuesday wasn't a lot better on a long 66 mile ride which I "toughed it out" and by Tuesday evening I had a bit of a sore throat. Maybe I had picked up a bug. Not feeling great on Wednesday I had the day off but felt much better the following day so decided on a "hilly" 50 miler up towards some biggish hills near Beconsfield and Old Windsor. Felt good and looking at my ride data in Strava when I got back I had done PR's on all the major hills so well pleased. I will now be doing a couple of easy rides before doing an 86 mile hilly sportive around Watlington on Sunday. Aiming to average 15mph for this one.

It is now only 100 days until the Ride London event and I reached another milestone this week of 3,000 miles completed training for it. Felling confident and excited :-)

To sponsor me for the Ride London 100 in aid of Prostate Cancer UK and to motivate me on those hard training rides then please visit my fund raising page.